Russia fires record 728 drones at Ukraine overnight

Russia fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said Wednesday. Ukraine’s air defences shot down 296 drones and seven missiles, while 415 more drones were lost from radars or jammed, a statement said. The attack mostly targeted Ukraine’s western Volyn region and Lutsk, the capital city of Volyn region, in Ukraine’s northwest, bordering Poland and Belarus, it said. Earlier, Trump delivered some of his sharpest-ever criticism of Vladimir Putin and said the U.S. is resuming deliveries of weapons to Ukraine to counter Russian attacks on civilians. Speaking at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, the president said he was “not happy” with the Russian president, who he accused of “killing a lot of people”, including many of his own soldiers to the tune of “7,000 a week.” Trump said there is “no reason” for Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine and complained that reaching a ceasefire in the three-year-old war Putin launched has been “tougher” than expected, while crediting Kyiv’s forces for bravery as they’ve battled back Russia’s invasion. “I will say the Ukrainians were brave, but we gave them the best equipment ever made … we gave them missiles, the latest and the greatest. They were able to shoot down a lot of things,” he said. The president also acknowledged that many of his supporters might consider it “unfair” that the U.S. has spent billions for weapons bound for Ukraine while still crediting Ukrainians for exhibiting valor while using their American-made military supplies against Russia.